Washington State Joins Lawsuit to Force Lake Roosevelt Cleanup
OLYMPIA -- Gov. Gary Locke and Attorney General Christine Gregoire today joined the Colville Confederated Tribes in their lawsuit aimed at forcing the Teck Cominco mining company to clean up Lake Roosevelt.
“We are joining the lawsuit because we believe that implementing the EPA order is the quickest way to complete the studies and begin cleaning up the lake,” Locke said. “We prefer not to use the legal route, but we are doing so because we must protect our state’s interests in this issue.”